Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-09-29
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permits amounted TO So 743. The total revenue for
tne year amounts to 80 80, an excess over the
preceding year OF 2,O5y.
MORE PERMITS THAN IN ANY PREVIOUS YEAR.
by reference to the above statement 1t VIII be
seen that there have been erected :, Psi dwellings;
buildings OF all classes, 1856; repairs and addi-
tlons, l,643; being 239 buildings and 83 repairs
anu auultlOnS In excess OF the preceding year.
me excess In value amounts TO 81, 1858 This
is Iar IN advance or any previous year. and the
large excess In value compared with the increased
numoer shows that not only is the increase In
numbers, but there is also decided improvement
In the character and class of buildings.
"There have been 81 notices served for recon-
struct10n OF dilapidated and dangerous buildings,
IONS There have been condemned and ordered
taken down 40 dilapidated and dangerous build
ings ana 10 insufficient party walls. There have
Deen Il permits issued for the removal Of wooden
buildings. Since the numbering OF houses has
Deen placed In this Office have furnished num-
Der for each building where the permit was issued,
and have examined and ordered. where found IL,
confusion, 81 numbers 10 be changed. On 1nforma-
ZION from this Office independent OF those by the
lice Court for violation Of the regulations Five OF
these cases have been appealed, the remainder
paid the fines imposed.
MORE HELP NEEDED.
From the above statement it is clear that the
work required OF this Office cannot receive, with
but one assistant outside on city work, the proper
supervision, especially as the greater portion of
his time is taken up In answering complaints, and
my time Is SO far occupied, being required to at
tend to the business OF the Office from four to five
hours each day, and when outside to the construc-
ton and repair OF District buildings, that l can
only supervise the construction OF the larger class
OF buildings in addition TO the other work which
must do on account OF the risk attending the con-
Structlon or these larger structures, leaving the
great number OF ordinary-sized buildings to the
one assistant which 1t Is impossible for HIM, with
his other work, to properly attend to. This work
Is OF the greatest Importance as 1t Is intended TO
control the erection OF the buildings, both as to
STRENGTH a 1r.
must therefore, most earnestly request that an
appropriation be made for Two more competent
"When took charge OF this Office there were con-
structel the first year 5l1 new buildings, as
against 456 this year. The revenue OF the office
was $500 as against 80, TAB this year. and there
has not been Single Assistant Inspector allowed
since that time, notwithstanding the great ad-
vance In the Quantity OF buildings erected. 1t is
be the proper supervision given to the
construction OF all buildings In addition to the
work OF inspecting buildings, the regulating Of
terraces, parklngs parking ratings, and the num-
bering OF houses, as also the construction and
repair of all pubiic-schOol buildings, have been
placed in this office The latter work alone, which
was previously done on the outside, has been each
year saving to the District or from s., 600 to
$1,000 per annum. When you consider the amount
OF work required Of this Office, there is depart
ent OF the District so deficient In force to attend
to its business and none SO poorly paid as those
now employed for the knowledge and work re-
Quired OF them.
PARKING GATES.
'The order requiring all parking gates now OPEN
Ing outward to be reversed 20 open 1n and also to
have all open areas properly enclosed, l have not
for want OF assistance there being several thou
sand OF them) been able TO have attended to. Both
are OF great Importance, as the District would be
liable for damages In case OF an accident by fall
Ing Into an open area. or injury caused by a gate
opening over sidewalk.
DISTRICT BUILDINGS
"There have been erected during the fiscal year
upon plans prepared in this Office. two eignt-room
school buildings, and an addition Of two rooms to
the school building at Tenleytown. The amount
appropriated for new buildings Sites and rurni-
ture was $4,000"
PUBLIC SCHOOL. HOUSES.
The report then states that the total cost of the
new school building on the corner OF 23d and NJ
streets northwest was 81, POS. 70; for that on b
street, between 10Th and 18th streets northeast
a. a9d fS9 r.! Tse
Precipitation usually made Of $4,000 for con- on
straction Of eight-room buildings is in
plete them. The buildings now on hand were
strongly competed for and each taken by con-
tractors ON close margin, and still it was found
the f1re-proor stairways- Mr.. Entw1sle therefore
requests that in making an appropriation for
similar buildings that the amount be not less than
$4,000.
The eight-room building Is the most economical
structure especially as compared with the twelve
Fooh Uuidh5S, as the cost OF TWO Is very little In
advance OF one twelve-rOom building, and better
adapted, as the ascent to the third story OF
three-story building Is thought to be very injur-
GUS to the female portion OF the pupils.
The dry-closet system introduced into one Of
the new buildings this year has not been suffict-
emily used to speak positively of its mertts but it
Is Mr.. EntwisleS opinion that 1t will not only
prove satisfactory but economical, especially as
1t viii not need repairs which the old plumbing
water-and-Sewer systems required.
The appropriation OF $4,000 for repairs and i'm
provements to school buildings was expended as
follows: